Translation
to press, to squeeze
Examples
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He shook my hand and smiled.
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She pressed the child to her chest.
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Press the button to open the door.
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The shoes are pinching my feet.
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The crowd pressed us against the wall.
The phrase to know is , which is how Esperanto shakes hands: you press it rather than shake it, and manpremo is the handshake itself. Otherwise is straightforwardly transitive and covers pressing, squeezing, hugging tight and pinching. The noun o is pressure in both the physical and the political sense, is to oppress, literally to press down, and elpremi is to squeeze out. Keep it clear of , one letter away and meaning to take, a slip that produces some memorable sentences.
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